Real-time monitoring systems and methods in a healthcare environment
An apparatus for real time monitoring of a patient is provided and includes a memory element for storing data, a processor that executes instructions associated with the data, an interface that receives sensor data from a sensor that takes measurements from the patient and sends the sensor data according to the sensor's measurement latency, a latency calculator that frequently calculates a latency threshold that varies according to at least a health status of the patient, a timer that continuously monitors the sensor's measurement latency, a comparator that frequently compares the sensor's measurement latency with the calculated latency threshold, and a feedback module that automatically changes the sensor's measurement latency to match with the calculated latency threshold.
1. A computer-implemented method for real-time health monitoring of a person, the method comprising:
by one or more hardware computer processors integrated with one or more sensors attached to a person:
determining a time between measurements of the one or more sensors attached to the person;
determining one or more latency thresholds based on at least one or more factors;
comparing the time between measurements with the one or more latency thresholds; and
changing a measurement latency of the one or more sensors based on at least the comparison.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more factors includes a type of sensor data collected by the one or more sensors.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more factors includes sensor data collected by the one or more sensors.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising by the one or more hardware computer processors determining a first latency threshold of the one or more latency thresholds associated with a first sensor of the one or more sensors based on at least sensor data from a second sensor of the one or more sensors.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more factors includes a dependency of a first sensor of the one or more sensors on a second sensor of the one or more sensors.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more latency thresholds includes a first latency threshold that is dependent on a second latency threshold.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein changing the measurement latency of the one or more sensors includes changing a measurement latency of a first sensor of the one or more sensors based on at least a latency threshold of the one or more latency thresholds associated with a second sensor or a measurement latency associated with the second sensor.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising by the one or more hardware computer processors providing a buffer latency to add to or subtract from the one or more latency thresholds based on at least determining available processing capabilities.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising by the one or more hardware computer processors providing a buffer latency to add to or subtract from the one or more latency thresholds based on at least network settings.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising wirelessly communicating sensor data collected by the one or more sensors over a network to one or more remote computing devices, wherein the one or more factors includes a network latency associated with communicating the sensor data.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising wirelessly communicating sensor data collected by the one or more sensors over a network to one or more remote computing devices; and changing the measurement latency of the one or more sensors based on at least a network latency associated with communicating the sensor data.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising wirelessly communicating, at determined time intervals, sensor data collected by the one or more sensors over a network to one or more remote computing devices, wherein the determined time intervals are based on at least a network latency.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more latency thresholds includes a plurality of latency thresholds associated with at least one of the one or more sensors, wherein each of the plurality of latency thresholds corresponds to a level of importance.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising by the one or more hardware computer processors determining the time between measurements of the one or more sensors based on an average time between a plurality of measurements.
15. A monitoring apparatus configured to attach to a person and monitor a health of the person, the monitoring apparatus comprising:
one or more sensors configured to attach to a person and collect sensor data; and
a computer system integrated with the one or more sensors and comprising a computer processor configured to execute software instructions to cause the computer system to:
determine a time between measurements of the one or more sensors;
determine one or more latency thresholds based on at least one or more factors;
compare the time between measurements with the one or more latency thresholds; and
change a measurement latency of the one or more sensors based on at least the comparison.
16. The monitoring apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the one or more sensors includes one or more of a global positioning system (GPS), a blood pressure sensor, a pulse oximeter sensor, a galvanometer, a blood glucose sensor, and a temperature sensor.
17. The monitoring apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the sensor data includes one or more of location information, pulse information, blood pressure information, blood chemical concentration information, temperature information, respiration information, and fluid information.
18. Non-transitory computer-readable media including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
determining a time between measurements of one or more sensors attached to a person;
determining one or more latency thresholds based on at least one or more factors;
comparing the time between measurements with the one or more latency thresholds; and
changing a measurement latency of the one or more sensors based on at least the comparison.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein changing the measurement latency of the one or more sensors includes changing a measurement latency of a first sensor of the one or more sensors based on at least a latency threshold of the one or more latency thresholds associated with a second sensor or a measurement latency associated with the second sensor.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the computing system, further cause the computing system to perform operations comprising wirelessly communicating sensor data collected by the one or more sensors over a network to one or more remote computing devices, wherein the one or more factors includes a network latency associated with communicating the sensor data.